Kost Castle - Contacts

CASTLE KOST

HISTORY 
Originated after 1371; its builder was probably Benes of Wartenberg. After him Kost was acquired by the Hasenburgs and after them by the Schellenbergs who built Palazzo Schellenberg. Jan of Biberstein added the "renaisance" wing with the big kitchen behind the first gate. Kryštof Popel of Lobkowicz in 1576 began the contruction of the whole southern part of the Castle with the brewery. The plan of Albrecht of Waldstein to redesign Kost into a country home and at the same time to remain a stronghold, was interrupted by his death in 1634. In 1635 a part of the Castle was destroyed by fire after which it ceased to be inhabited by the owners. At the end of the 17th century, the Czernins of Chudenicz changed the gothic palace with the apartments into a granary. The Castle suffered durining the 30-years-war and was to be destroyed. After 1867 it was in part reconverted in neogothic style.

DESCRITPION 
The Castle is dominated by the angular White Tower, five storeys high, the south-eastern part pointing towards the Plakánek valley. The tower is a part of the battlements erected from stone blocks. It was destined to the defence. The mansarde roof dates only from the 18th century. The Castle further has a smaller cylindrical tower of the end of the 14th century close to the main gate.

From the enrance one acceeds through 3 gates to the arcades of the Biberstein Palace to the internal courtyard which is surrounded by the tower Palace, the Castle Chapel, the unfinished Waldstein sala-terrena, the White Tower, the old Palace with the cylindrical tower and the Schellenberg Palace which bears a tablet with the Schellenberg coat of arms: a sows head and leave decorations. The internal Castle was protected by a strong wall with battlements with a bannister and some more external defenses on the edge of the cliff. 

ACTIVITIES

In the castle:

•Museum of Mideval wepons and armours
•Tour of tourture chambers and castle prisons

Around the castle:
Biking
Camping
Canoeing
Trekking
Fishing
Hunting

CONTACT
Mladejov v Cechach, 507 45

Tel.: +420 493 571 144
Fax.:+420 493 571 114
Cell: +420 737 215 960
E-mail: kost@kinsky-dal-borgo.cz

Leases, wedding ceremonies:
Miss. Martina Kubešová

Cell:+420 737 215 973
Tel.: +420 495 486 726
Fax: +420 495 484 566
E-mail: kubesova@kinsky-dal-borgo.cz

Group trips for children:

Tel.: +420 495 544 903